History

Cedras, Raoul

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Raoul Cedras justified the coup d'etat that he launched against Haitian Pres. Jean-Bertrand Aristide by claiming that he only wanted to preserve democracy. However, Cedras' leadership was short-lived because the international community pressured him to step down by imposing sanctions against Haiti.

LeVay, Simon

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Simon LeVay has devoted most of his professional career to researching the brain's visual system. LeVay is now focused on investigating the biology of sexual orientation, providing evidences that homosexuality is probably an immutable, biologically driven trait.

McAfee, Mildred Helen

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Educator and military officer Mildred H. McAfee died on Sep. 2, 1994 in Berlin, New Hampshire. She was the first director of the US Navy's Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service and also served as president of the American Assn. of Colleges.